JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF KINGSLAND — Ask Arturo Lopez about his food truck menu, and he won’t just tell you the specials of the day. He’ll list a half-dozen dishes he can make ranging from Philly cheese steaks and grilled stuffed burritos to sandwiches and veggie wraps.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — Let’s face it, with all the activities and shopping going on, sometimes we feel a little more like the Grinch before he heard the songs of Whoville than the one who raced down the mountain with a heart that grew 10 times bigger that very day. So just how do […]

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR SPICEWOOD — One of the biggest challenges as an educator for Spicewood Elementary School principal Leslie Baty is turning reluctant readers into voracious ones. “Reading really does lay the foundation on pretty much on which the rest of their education is built,” she said. “But if they’re not reading or […]

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — While the Lakes Photo Club doesn’t meet again until Feb. 5, people interested in joining the organization or just benefitting from members’ feedback shouldn’t wait until the day of the meeting to get their photos in order.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR LLANO — When people walk out of the Western Trappings on the Llano exhibit at the Llano Historical Museum, event organizer Charles Wendt hopes they leave with one word on their mind. “Wow,” he said. “When you look around here, everything is original. There are no reproductions. This show really […]

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — When Kylie Weathers, a volunteer with the Highland Lakes Pregnancy Resource Center, realized how much of a need there was for diapers, she decided to go big to meet it. And when she says big, she means dump truck big.

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MARBLE FALLS — Communities across the Highland Lakes are celebrating Christmas with lights displays, parades and more. Here are some holiday happenings to get you in the spirit. Click on the links to read more about the events.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR HORSESHOE BAY — As Gerald Powell lay in the road, only a few yards from a house full of German soldiers, the distinct sound of an enemy’s boots rang through his ears. The Germans boots had hobnails on the soles to make them more durable. But when a German soldier […]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS COTTONWOOD SHORES — In one of its out of this world productions — it’s set in Milwaukee — the Hill Country Community Theatre is holding open auditions 7 p.m. Dec. 8-9 for the upcoming production of “Zombies from the Beyond.”

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MARBLE FALLS — The door is open Dec. 6 at the historic Christian-Matern home for an annual Victorian Christmas event. The free open house is 6-8:30 p.m. at the house, 603 Seventh St. at Avenue F, and is sponsored by the Falls on the Colorado Museum. Refreshments will be served. The home will be decorated for […]

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Lisa and Shawn Moore remember the day they walked into a person’s home with some donated items for the house and realized how rough some people have it. “All they had for furniture were two folding chairs,” Lisa said. “And then there was a bed on the […]

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BRAD STUTZMAN • SPECIAL TO DAILYTRIB.COM BURNET — Meet Paul Hicks. He moved a lot when he was very young. And now he works for an organization whose employees and volunteers also take to the road. Hicks, 59, is the new program manager for WBC Opportunities’ Meals on Wheels programs in Burnet County. He succeeds longtime site […]

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Wanting service and deeper friendships to be part of the experience at Faith Academy of Marble Falls, Academic Director Amy Cozby created the Faith Angels. The Angels group, which began two years ago, consists of upperclassmen girls who mentor the underclassmen and support the activities at the […]

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — When the 2014 production of “The Story of the Nutcracker” takes the Burnet High School auditorium stage, Studio 29 Dance Centre owner and director Jenn Moore knows it will be one of the best to date. “Many of the dancers have been with me for years,” she said. […]

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